Thursday, October 11, 2012

The largest
mobile-phone maker in the world, Samsung has won its bid to continue selling
its latest Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the US. Meanwhile it is embroiled in
battles involving patent-infringement accusations as filed by Apple
Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL).

The US Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit has approved Samsung’s appeal to lift a ban set by
lower court on sales. Samsung wishes to continue selling the phone while
challenging a federal judges’ ruling as on 29th June that Apple was
likely to win its lawsuit that claimed that Galaxy Nexus violated four Apple
patents.

The lawsuit is a part
of an international war between the two most important manufacturers of mobile
phones that surf the Web, play video files and perform several other functions
of a computer. The lawsuit includes several patents than the ones at the heart
of $1 billion judgment Apple won against Samsung on 24th August in
San Jose.

Apple argued that it is
vital to keep the Galaxy Nexus out of the US market at the moment since most
Americans have not yet switched to smartphones. Also, a product infringes features
of Apple could steal clients from iPhone. A jury trial on the patent
accusations is not slated to happen before March of 2014, as per the court
docket.

A feature in the Nexus
phone helps in data searches. It was an issue in an opinion that was revealed
recently. The appeals court stated the district court had abused its
discretions by deciding that Apple would be harmed due to the feature. The
owner of the patent needs to express clearly that the infringing feature
attracts consumers’ interest for the product in question.

Samsung is not affected
by the court order as it makes other phone models. It said in filings that
Apple has been sending intimidating letters to Samsung clients.